Bonaccini doesn’t run away. In front of the supporters of Elisabetta di Natale, candidate for the position of mayor of the municipality of Monzuno, the governor of Emilia Romagna repeats this concept several times. “I owe an answer – explains the president of the region – to those who, like deputy minister Galeazzo Bignami, claim that my candidacy for the European Parliament is equivalent to an escape. In 2020 the center-left won the elections by proposing me as leader of Emilia Romagna My opponent, however, lost and immediately went to Rome without spending even a day in the Region, so I’m the one who runs away.
However, I would have expired in January 2025. If the center-right really wanted to subject my actions to the judgment of voters, they would have had a very simple way: grant all regional governors a third mandate. He didn’t do it because he saw the polls.”
The place where the meeting took place is not causal. It is a refuge along the Via degli Dei. “If I am elected – continues Bonaccini – I will bring the Emilia-Romagna model to Europe. In Italy ours is the only region that is horizontal and is crossed by those moving from north to south. For this reason we have invested a lot in the routes knowing that this choice paid off thanks above all to the hospitable spirit of this land”. Then on the candidacy in Europe. “Meanwhile, I was asked by the secretary Elly Schlein, whom I thank. Within a party we live with the idea of placing ourselves at the service of those who have the responsibility of leading it, I could not fail to accept this request. I believe that with the same spirit we must also address the question of who to nominate for the presidency of Emilia-Romagna. We need to maintain this unity both within the party and towards the coalition to identify who can represent us.
